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visible in the straight clean limbs and open heels of 

 your horse. Should any crookedness, gumminess, or 

 contraction be seen after this, you may take it for 

 granted the ointment has been absorbed into barren 

 brains. Kepeat the dose and knock it, the head, 

 against the wall to rouse it into healthy action. 



The foregoing pages having pointed out and fully 

 exemplified the impossibility of the public ever obtain- 

 ing what in this country they have a right to expect, 

 namely, a good horse for a fair price, unless the 

 present ideas of improvement and the present English 

 system undergo a very material transformation, I will 

 pen a consolatory paragraph for those few who, 

 discontented and ashamed at the appearance of the 

 thorough-bred riding horses they daily see, may be 

 anxious to get mounted on something more becoming 

 their own good taste, and more worthy their own 

 dignity. 



In the existing state of affairs there is but one 

 path to pursue, but to those who take pride in their 

 steed it is worth the trouble to risk it. Go down 

 early in the spring to the Middle Park, Hampton 

 Court, or other stud, and take a view of the yearlings 

 in their rough state. Here you will find them like 

 diamonds unpolished, and here you must make your 

 selection. Considering a sight of both sire and dam 



